Historical Events In 1964
Sep 03 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson
Sep 04 Forth Road Bridge opens in England over the "Firth of Forth"
Sep 11 Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG & ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at the Cleve Auditorium
Jun 30 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit
Jun 03 Rolling Stones begin first US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro &Bobby Vee)
Jun 29 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate
Jun 29 First draft of Star Trek's pilot "The Cage" released
Jun 10 Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked
Jun 12 South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment
Jun 05 Davie Jones & King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me", group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie
Jun 28 Organization for Afo-American Unity forms in NY by Malcolm X
Jun 02 Rolling Stones first US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass
Jun 14 Nelson Mandella sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa
Jun 03 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis &pharyngitis
Jun 16 Quake strikes Niigata Japan
Jun 26 Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album
Jun 04 Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark
Dec 05 The first Medal of Honor awarded to a U.S. serviceman for action in Vietnam is presented to Capt. Roger Donlon of Saugerties, New York, for his heroic action earlier in the year.
Dec 22 Quebec- Opening of the Eastern Townships Autoroute.
Dec 24 Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek
Dec 15 Maple Leaf' formally adopted as the symbol for the Canadian national flag
Dec 14 Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene"
Dec 31 Donald Campbell (UK) sets world water speed record (276.33 mph)
Dec 15 Canada adopts maple leaf flag
Dec 07 George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs
Dec 12 Shooting starts for Star Trek pilot, "The Cage" (Menagerie)
Dec 02 Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed
Dec 13 In El Paso, TX, LBJ and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border
Dec 22 Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet)
Dec 26 Moors Murderers claim last victim
Dec 26 Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
Dec 03 Police arrests 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley
Dec 04 Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album
Aug 29 Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released
Aug 25 The Beatles receive a gold record their third for A Hard Day's Night.
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